Coastliners

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Coastliners

Author : Joanne Harris

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Highlights

English

Language

NA

Edition

480

Pages

9780552998857

ISBN-13

0552998857

ISBN-10

Black Swan

Publisher

198 mm

Height

129 mm

Width

21 mm

Thickness

Paperback

Binding

Description

On the tiny Breton island of Le Devin, life has remained almost unchanged for over a hundred years. For generations, two rival communities, the wealthy La Houssiniere and the impoverished village of Les Salants, have fought for control of the islands only beach. When Mado, a spirited local girl, returns to Les Salants after a ten-year absence, she finds her home threatened On the tiny Breton island of Le Devin, life has remained almost unchanged for over a hundred years. For generations, two rival communities, the wealthy La Houssiniere and the impoverished village of Les Salants, have fought for control of the islands only beach. When Mado, a spirited local girl, returns to Les Salants after a ten-year absence, she finds her home threatened, both by the tides and the machinations of a local entrepreneur. Worse, the community is suffering from an incurable loss of hope. Mado is not so easily discouraged. Dogged by prejudice from the superstitious villagers, she is forced to enlist the help of Flynn, an attractive drifter. But Mados attempts to transform the dying community have unforeseen consequences. As Les Salants returns slowly to life, so do past tragedies, including the terrible secret that still haunts Mados father. And is Flynn really who he says he is